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Originally posted by TheEmancipation
But what if I just want to get bigger and I don't care about stabilizer muscles, can I still reach my goal with mostly machines?
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You can still get bigger doing machines but I find that free weights target a larger variety of muscles more efficiently. Its easy to end up stalling at a certain weight doing machines or even outgrow them because they usually only go up at set increments and only go so high. I'd say cable exercises are pretty good though.
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Originally posted by TheEmancipation
I started lifting this week too and I'm not sure if I'm doing it right either. I feel like I felt a lot more strain in my forearms and hands than I'm supposed too
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If you're not feeling it in the muscles you're supposed to be working I would check exrx.net or bodybuilding.com like Alejandrawrrr said to make sure your form is correct. I always try to imagine the muscles I'm targetting doing the work as I'm doing the exercise to make sure I'm really feeling it.
For bicep curls make sure your wrists are in line with your forearm and keep your elbows to your sides. Really try to feel it coming from your biceps as you bring it up.
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Originally posted by TheEmancipation
Does anyone know how to answer my protein intake question
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For the 1 g protein/lb, I've read a lot of different things and for me I find that 0.8g/lb is enough. As long as you're eating enough to fulfill your caloric needs I don't believe it hurts to go above that ratio.